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12 yr old with some kind of gynae pain

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DebbieFiderer · 05/08/2020 07:56

DD has been kept awake the last two nights by some kind of pain in or around her vagina. It's happened before, but not for a few months, we went to the GP but they didn't really have much idea what it could be and as it hadn't happened again we didn't pursue it. But it has come back now and I'm not sure what to do. When it happened before her periods hadn't started but they have now, she is on her period at the moment which could be related or just a coincidence as it didn't happen with her previous periods. She can't really describe very clearly exactly where the pain is (except that it seems to be inside rather than outside) or what kind of pain it is, but it is bad enough to keep her awake until the early hours, and she was also feeling sick with it last night as well. It doesn't help that she refuses to take painkillers as the only one she likes the taste of is calprofen and I haven't been able to buy any for months (very fussy child, VERY sensitive to flavours). Has anyone had experience with anything similar?

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GreyishDays · 05/08/2020 09:32

Have you tried tablets?

My instinct would be that it’s period pain.

DebbieFiderer · 05/08/2020 09:35

Evilpea, that sounds exactly like what she is describing, glad to know it can be normal, but will be dreadful for her if it can't be treated 😢

Will try the sports bottle trick, thanks BigusBumus

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EvilPea · 05/08/2020 09:44

It really is quite painful, being intermittent means it’s tricky to know when to take the pain killers.
If she uses the p tracker app and add it as a symptom she might get better at predicting it so know when it’s coming to take something. Someone did post an explanation of it on here once, but I can’t remember what it was. Have a search

Periods are a bastard. If nothing else I hope the it’s normal thing brings some comfort - although not so much that it’s now a monthly fixture.

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AuditAngel · 05/08/2020 12:03

I was also going to suggest threadworms

Elmo311 · 05/08/2020 13:45

A friend of mine struggles with taking pills and she puts them inside a Chewit / Frutella and swallows them that way.
I don't think she uses the whole sweet but just enough to disguise the taste.

differentnameforthis · 05/08/2020 14:20

@mosquitofeast

If it was bad enough, she would take the painkillers on offer
Not if she is very sensitive to flavours!
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